Benjamin FranklinHoughton Mifflin, 1889 - 428 Seiten |
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... and also in order that the stone which it is my lot to cast upon a cairn made up of so many failures may at least be only a small pebble , I shall get forward as speedily as possible to that CHAPTER PAGE EARLY YEARS •
... and also in order that the stone which it is my lot to cast upon a cairn made up of so many failures may at least be only a small pebble , I shall get forward as speedily as possible to that CHAPTER PAGE EARLY YEARS •
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John Torrey Morse. I shall get forward as speedily as possible to that point in Franklin's career where his important public services begin , at the same time commending every reader to turn again for further refreshment of his knowledge ...
John Torrey Morse. I shall get forward as speedily as possible to that point in Franklin's career where his important public services begin , at the same time commending every reader to turn again for further refreshment of his knowledge ...
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... the demands began at once to pour in upon him , and suits were instituted . It was a grievous affair , and the end was by no means clear . It was easily possible that in place of his fortune , sacrificed in A CITIZEN OF PHILADELPHIA . 53.
... the demands began at once to pour in upon him , and suits were instituted . It was a grievous affair , and the end was by no means clear . It was easily possible that in place of his fortune , sacrificed in A CITIZEN OF PHILADELPHIA . 53.
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John Torrey Morse. possible that in place of his fortune , sacrificed in the public service , he might have only the sorry substitute of a claim against the government . But after many troubled weeks he was at length relieved of the ...
John Torrey Morse. possible that in place of his fortune , sacrificed in the public service , he might have only the sorry substitute of a claim against the government . But after many troubled weeks he was at length relieved of the ...
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... possible to make a world - wide reputa- tion in the public affairs of the Province of Penn- sylvania ; but so much fame as opportunity would admit of had by this time been won by Franklin . In respect of influence and prestige among his ...
... possible to make a world - wide reputa- tion in the public affairs of the Province of Penn- sylvania ; but so much fame as opportunity would admit of had by this time been won by Franklin . In respect of influence and prestige among his ...
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Seite 203 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Seite 405 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Seite 36 - That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this we should do freely and generously.
Seite 6 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 28 - I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; tho...
Seite 44 - House approved the nomination, and provided the goods for the present, and tho' they did not much like treating out of the provinces; and we met the other commissioners at Albany about the middle of June. In our way thither, I projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government, so far as might be necessary for defense and other important general purposes.
Seite 397 - I had not firmness enough to resist the unanimous desire of my country folks ; and I find myself harnessed again in their service for another year. They engrossed the prime of my life. They have eaten my flesh, and seem resolved now to pick my bones.
Seite 133 - The very tails of the American sheep are so laden with wool that each has a little car or waggon on four little wheels to support and keep it from trailing on the ground.